There's a lot of bad influences in rap music nowadays and people who can't admit it either aint black or they are a whole f***ing dumbass.

Then again Rap as a whole aint bad because there's still artists trynna say positive things.

Nah. There are definitely kids growing up who want to be like the rappers that goes both ways in my opinion

And what you took away from visiting and living with your poorer kinfolk was the music had a stronger effect on s*** rather than the s***ty infrastructure and lack of resources?

This is why I say that hip hop has done more damage to young African Americans than racism in recent years

do you think those niggas were in jail because they heard a rap album?

what are you even arguing

Not instantly, maybe not even within 5 years, but over time it would.

if that song doesn’t come out is that person opps still dead?

Theres a reason Andre 3k said that chiraq music was devilish

I dont get how someone can legit think rap has no influence at all when it comes to crime in our community
Im not saying rap is causing people to take these actions but it damn sure influences it
I dont get it how that can be denied

We got great positive rappers like Jay Z, Kanye West, 2Pac, Drake, Nipsey and the likes

then we got the other unknowns who are dangerously impacting the community, those are the ones who need to be stopped.

I was joking to point out the dumb “bold” take

This is one of the worst threads I’ve ever seen

11 pages

Its the glorification of the life the influence, the wanting, to be like tthat those niggas to the young fatherless misguided mind !!!!!

If you feel that way about rap, why even post on a rap forum?

You realize you're contributing to rap's popularity by posting on a rap forum, right?

That'd be like me complaining about GTA being regressive to society and responsible for mass shootings and car jackings...................on a video game forum.

Lock thread now pls

Tbh.

Rap isn't solely to blame but I to act like it's not part of the problem is just being ignorant

@BigDckBandit school me

THE YTS ARE GETTING BOLD MOM IM SCARED !

There are literally some kids out there who know nothing but rap culture. I’m not saying that listening to rap automatically leads to black youth wanting to do crime but it opens up that world to them. It’s very hard to just excuse rap music out of the black struggle conversation.

You have to remember that kids are very impressionable.

I love rap but we have to admit that like with everything else its not perfect

Im just coming to terms with this as im seeing the effects this street music has on real lives the video is sad i suggest you watchit

the point is that you’re blaming something that has minuscule influence